Saturday, November 24, 2007

Study: global warming killing coral reefs

"Pacific coral reefs are dying at an unprecedented rate, scientists have found. Almost 600 square miles of reef have disappeared every year since the late 1960s - twice the rate of rainforest loss. Reefs disappear at a rate of one per cent a year. Coral loss has become a global phenomenon caused mainly by climate change, rising sea temperatures and man-made nutrient pollution."

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